tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post5838187044476345298..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Honey Trap : Ashes of CreationBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-47553062191969158122018-04-03T18:08:28.699+01:002018-04-03T18:08:28.699+01:00It's a risk, for sure. I used to find the thri...It's a risk, for sure. I used to find the thrill of peeking behind the curtain irressistible but these days I feel the cachet, such as it was, no longer exists and anyway once you've lifted one curtain you've lifted them all. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-28784133020717612472018-04-03T18:05:51.019+01:002018-04-03T18:05:51.019+01:00Well, it still is an "Alpha" even if the...Well, it still is an "Alpha" even if the opportunity to join it is bogus. The email says "Alpha Zero is our Pre-Alpha testing phase that will help prepare Ashes for our Alpha One release" and goes on to state that "1200 Alpha Zero testers have been hard at work on the road to Alpha One." which suggests the pre-alpha is up and runing and has been for a while.<br /><br />These terms are used so looseley these days that I can't make much sense of them but I think it means they have some kind of playable build runing, at least.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-6120266805064777162018-04-03T15:56:25.860+01:002018-04-03T15:56:25.860+01:00RIFT did the same tease with their Alpha. I threw...RIFT did the same tease with their Alpha. I threw a public fit about how misleading it was, which lead to an email from Scott Hartsman offering me actual Alpha access. Doesn't sound like that's a possibility in this case lol.<br /><br />I have mixed feelings as well. My most unique alpha/beta ride was WoWp. I went from hating it in early alpha to loving it in mid-beta to shaking my fist at launch when they shoved a few untested (and uncalled for) "improvements" into the game as it went out the door.HZerohttp://hzero.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-75245570263733231142018-04-03T15:10:56.035+01:002018-04-03T15:10:56.035+01:00I was semi-surprised at the top of the post to thi...I was semi-surprised at the top of the post to think that Ashes of Creation was this far along. Last night I was doing the looking back sections for the inevitable April/May in Review posts and linked back to a couple items about their Kickstarter. Having something testable by outsiders is pretty good for a just a year. I mean, we're five years in and I can't yet test anything in Camelot Unchained.<br /><br />Then again, Shroud of the Avatar and Project:Gorgon both had playable/testable versions of their projects a four and five years back respectively, yet what was available then was very raw compared to what both have to show now.<br /><br />Of course, since it turned out to be a tease at the end, I am much less impressed. The usual trajectory for Kickstarted MMOs will probably apply, meaning it might be worth playing in 3-5 years.Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.com